The reason I've mentioned this particular release first is because it contains English subtitles. Also, the disc is reportedly All-Region/NTSC. I certainly would've gone for it if I hadn't already seen the eclectic Cocorico ! Monsieur Poulet. It's available from numerous online retailers for about the price of a Criterion DVD.

Re: Jean Rouch on DVD

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:22 am

by arsaib4

Facets :

Among the films Facets Multimedia currenly offers about Jean Rouch, only one is available on DVD: Conversations with Jean Rouch (2004). The titles out on vhs are: Jean Rouch & His Camera in the Heart of Africa (1978) and Rouch's Gang (1998).

Other works that involve Rouch (DVD): Screening Room with Jean Rouch (1980) and Cinma Vrit: Defining the Moment (1999)

Films on DVD :

Chronique d'un t (Chronicle of a Summer) [France/1960/90 min]

*This masterpiece -- the key work which enabled Rouch and his partner, sociologist Edgar Morin, to redefine the term "cinma vrit" on Parisian streets -- is provided on the same DVD released in France in 2005. No subs. (It's being sold for $89.95. The French disc could be had from abroad for about one-third of that price.)